The agreement on technical barriers in the free trade area

of June 20, 2000

The governments of the State Parties of this agreement which are referred to as further with the Parties

aiming at assistance of realization of the Main areas of work on accomplishment of the Decision of Council of the heads of states of the CIS of April 2, 1999 on forming of the free trade area accepted by the Decision of Council of CIS Heads of Government of June 4, 1999

based on provisions of the Charter of the Commonwealth of Independent States of January 22, 1993,

being guided by the principles of system of agreements of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the General agreement on tariffs and trade of 1994 (GATT-94),

in view of the Agreement on technical barriers in trade of 1994,

proceeding from need of protection of national interests of safety of the State Parties of the Commonwealth of Independent States and creating favorable conditions of development of international trade,

aiming at implementation of the coordinated policy on providing the legal basis of development, acceptance and application of technical regulations and standards, and also functioning of directory service in the field of technical regulations, standards and procedures of confirmation of conformity of goods to technical regulations and standards in the State Parties of the Commonwealth,

agreed as follows:

Article 1. Determinations

For the purposes of this agreement the stated below terms have the following values:

technical measures in trade - the measures of technical policy including establishment and enforcement of requirements to goods, obligatory for observance, and also application of procedures of obligatory confirmation of conformity of goods to the specified requirements;

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